Process Integration Engineer

Contribute to the development and optimization of process modules used to build integrated photonic devices from crystalline electro-optic materials, such as thin film lithium niobate

Independently own and direct wafer lots processed at Xanadu’s foundry partners

Design and execute fabrication process improvement experiments, including defining fabrication splits, gathering and analyzing inline data, etc.

Define and execute metrology and failure analysis plans to identify and mitigate failure modes and assess results of process optimization experiments

Collaborate with internal and external photonics process engineers, process integration engineers and photonics design engineers, including at Xanadu’s foundry partners

Challenge the state-of-the-art in key performance metrics associated with integrated photonics fabrication

Stay abreast of new developments in the field of photonics fabrication process development and rapidly implement new learnings and discoveries

PhD in physics, materials science, electrical engineering or related field

Experience with integrated photonics (familiarity with passive and active photonic components, such as waveguides, modulators, switches, beamsplitters, resonators, MZIs, etc.)

Hands-on experience on fabrication process development of thin-film-lithium-niobate (TFLN) circuits

Familiarity with standard semiconductor and photonics metrology and failure analysis techniques, including at least two of: SEM, TEM, AFM, ellipsometry, XRR/XRD, SIMS, Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence

Experience with data analysis and related software, such as Python, GitHub, JMP, MATLAB, etc.

Strong critical thinking skills

Demonstrated ability to tackle challenging problems and develop innovative solutions

Excellent communication skills and strong sense of teamwork

Availability for travel required, expected ≤ 20% travel time

≥ 5 years of experience with integrated photonics fabrication and fabrication process development using electro-optic materials, such as thin film lithium niobate

Demonstrated track record of achieving low loss in integrated photonic components through fabrication process development

Experience designing photonic components, including performing device simulations and layout

Experience in photonic quantum computing hardware development

Proficiency in Mandarin